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  1. Re:Brave New World on California Has a New Law: No More All-Male Boards (cnn.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Aldous Huxley would definitely be laughing and saying he told us so.

    Aldous Huxley was a communist and user of entheogens. He was a proponent of sustainable living and production, environmentalism, and cooperative living. Also a good buddy of Timothy Leary. I'm surprised you think you can predict his opinion on anything.

  2. If anyone still happens upon this thread, you might want to look at this:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world...

    https://boingboing.net/2018/08...

    Go get your shot. People who are warning against vaccines are not your friends.

  3. I'm pretty sure the Feds are right and that they have the right to regulate the Internet under various interstate commerce laws.

    The Feds will lose. The law is structured so that it doesn't do anything regarding "interstate commerce", and other states are lining up to follow California's lead.

    The Feds will lose the same way they're losing on legal marijuana.

  4. But mine do. Lenovo Yoga Book .
    So? What is your point?

    If I were you, I'd try calling the Slashdot Help Line. One of our Customer Experience Concierges will be happy to assist you.

  5. It is not an Apple problem. Android tablets, specifically mine, do have the same "problem" (Using a Chrome browser there)

    I'm using an Android device right now. A tablet, in fact. And chrome. And my 'quotes' and "quotes" don't look like my cat walking over an international keyboard.

  6. Re:Herd Immunity on 100 Years Ago, Influenza Killed 50 Million People. Could It Happen Again? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The world is overpopulated, statistically with a lot of useless lives.
    Buy time to get off the rock.
    Let them die.

    I'm guessing that a lot of the people who believe there is such a thing as "useless lives" actually believe that their own lives are not useless.

    I don't want to be the one to have to break the news to them.

  7. Howâ(TM)s out slashdot appropriately processing âoeâ quotes?

    I'm starting to like it this way. It lets us identify the Apple users and ignore them accordingly.

  8. Re:Herd Immunity on 100 Years Ago, Influenza Killed 50 Million People. Could It Happen Again? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since when did the flu shot prevent people from contracting or spreading the flu? It doesn't, on either count. Especially if you are vaccinated against last year's strain, which presumably is NOT the strain that will cause a global pandemic.

    Don't spread lies when people's health is at stake. When you hear talking about a flu vaccine that's for the wrong strain, it's never "useless". IN 2017, the flu shot was 30% effective. That's a huge reduction in hte number of vectors spreading the disease. And a lot of lives saved.

    https://www.skepticalraptor.co...

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-ch...

  9. Re:Herd Immunity on 100 Years Ago, Influenza Killed 50 Million People. Could It Happen Again? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Flu spreads by droplets that are coughed or sneezed out. If you don't have coughing or sneezing symptoms, you aren't going to be an effective vector.

    I believe that's a misconception. Flu can also be spread by touch or even just by breathing.

    https://www.medicalnewstoday.c...

  10. Herd Immunity on 100 Years Ago, Influenza Killed 50 Million People. Could It Happen Again? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Flu shots will reduce the number of people who die from the flu.

    There are a number of people who will contract the flu virus but never show any symptoms. These people will still spread the flu to their loved ones, co-workers, people on the train, etc.

    This is why, "But I never get the flu," is not a good excuse for not getting the flu shot. Even though the flu shot does not work 100%, it still saves lives, and the more people who get the shot, the more lives that are saved. If people who "never get the flu" get the flu shot, more lives will be saved.

    If you have any kind of insurance, the shot is free. If you don't have any insurance, the shot is free. Look around. I think CVS or Walgreens has a deal where you pay some small amount, say $5 for a flu shot and they give you $10 in coupons or something, but there are free shots for almost everyone.

  11. Oh, hell no. on Python Developer Builds Moon Lander Game As an Alexa Skill (amazon.com) · · Score: 1

    "Alexa, please launch thermonuclear weapons."

    "Yes, I'm fucking sure, you cow."

  12. Re:That isn't election hacking on In Boston: Election-Hacking War Game Bypasses Election Systems (securityledger.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To hack an election it has to go unnoticed.

    We have proof otherwise. A significant number of people wouldn't care if an election was hacked as long as the other side lost.

  13. Re:Gutsy move on Elon Musk Pulled Out of Settlement With SEC At Last Minute (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Do I see a thrill junkie?

    You may be seeing the early stages of a post-Spruce Goose Howard Hughes.

  14. Re:Good no more trade problems with the EU on International Energy Agency Predicts Wind Will Dominate Europe's Grid By 2027 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Ahhh someone else who believes that the Power Fairy provides free grid stabilization to the countries that virtue signal the hardest.

    I'm sorry, could you translate this for native English speakers?

  15. Re:Good no more trade problems with the EU on International Energy Agency Predicts Wind Will Dominate Europe's Grid By 2027 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, I was trying to convey the point that any large scale continuous material processor is going to be very averse to random power outages, and using particular instances to illustrate.

    Now explain why in an age of modern grids and battery storage any one form of electricity production would be inherently more prone to brownouts than any other. Please show your work.

  16. Re:Rule of Law on Spotify Starts Cracking Down on Friends Who Share Family Plans (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Consumer has always been allowed to remove the label.

    That's just what the Deep State wants you to believe. Then, the next thing you know, you're in some FEMA camp with other label-removing patriots, turning big rocks into little rocks.

  17. In other news, Serta and Tempurpedic are planning a nationwide crackdown on criminals who tear the labels off their mattresses. Something has to be done about this rampant lawlessness.

  18. Mother Nature asked for it on Trump Administration Sees a 7-Degree Rise in Global Temperatures By 2100 (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0

    If I understand this correctly, the Trump administration is saying, "Catastrophic climate change is inevitable, so just lay back and enjoy it."

    I guess that's fitting.

  19. Re:Biometrics are dumb on Delta's Fully Biometric Terminal Is the First In the US (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Biometrics are dumb for security.

    Not only that, but hasn't it been less than 12 hours since there was another story here about all the problems with facial recognition at the airport?

    https://yro.slashdot.org/story...

    It's really bothersome when you see a corporation or an entire industry rush headlong into some new technology even though they know it's rife with problems. It's like they can't stop themselves or something.

  20. Microsoft and the Green Bay Packers announced a $10 million partnership

    That's the last straw. It's not quite as bad as if they'd gone with New England, but it's plenty bad.

  21. Re: *groan* on Scientists Can Now Peek Inside Mummies In a Whole New Way (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Mine is dead, and cremated. Has been for over a year.

    That's just what she wants you to believe. In reality, she's living in McAllen, Texas with a Mexican biker gang. If you send me some proof of your identity, I can help you locate her. DM me a scan of your driver's license and social security card, and I'll take it from there. But I can't guarantee that she'll be happy to see you, after all the trouble she went through, faking her death to get away.

  22. Re:*groan* on Scientists Can Now Peek Inside Mummies In a Whole New Way (gizmodo.com) · · Score: -1

    Can somebody use this to look inside the mummified remains of all these AC's heads to see what causes them to think it is OK to shit literary diarrhea all over in here about republicans, the SCOTUS pick, and all that? Same with that racist fuck going on about the GNAA or whatever the fuck he keeps railing about, or possibly even APK and his absurdity...

    Seriously, You can basically be guaranteed that those assclowns are gonna smear their crap all over every story that comes through here, first thing. It gets depressing after awhile.

    You lib snowflakes are always trying silence unpopular opinions that make you uncomfortable, like GNAA and goatse. You're the reason Trump won. He is the goatse of the political world, and he's draining the abscess, or something. The solution to bad speech is more speech, which means (I think) that we should all be posting goatse and GNAA and APK (aka, The Devil's Triangle, aka Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod). You cannot suppress the speech of patriots.

    Everyone have a blessed weekend!

  23. Re:You don't say on Voting Machine Used in Half of US Is Vulnerable to Attack, Report Finds (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    You're on slashdot referencing another slashdot article. Not an article from days or months ago, but the previous one on the front page!! Can't you link to that article?

    Jesus, you're a thick one, aren't you? THAT'S THE POINT. Nerds can be so bloody-minded sometimes. No wonder their idea of the height of cleverness is Dilbert.

  24. Who could have possibly predicted this?

    What is this world coming to? Next, they'll be telling us robot lawnmowers are killing little hedgehogs.

    https://youtu.be/SgpnrOUS2BE

  25. I don't care if they remove appendixes, but I really wish they'd get rid of endnotes. They're just a hassle.